Name:
Guianan Swamp Forest Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
The macrogroup includes seasonally inundated swamp and riverine forests of the interior lowlands and hills of Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and extreme northeastern Amapa state in Brazil, including those of the hilly region of Pakaraima and Kanuku in the southeast of the Guiana Shield. These are forests of the riverbanks and narrow floodplains growing on peat substrate formed on top of white sands which in turn lay on a clayish hardpan. These forests are often dominated by palms and various other communities depending on the duration of the flooding and the type of substrate. Diagnostic species are <i>Mora excelsa, Eschweilera pedicellata, Rauia</i> sp., <i>Anacardium giganteum, Cedrela odorata, Carapa guianensis, Aniba</i> sp., <i>Goupia glabra, Manilkara</i> spp., <i>Sagotia</i> sp., <i>Rinorea pubiflora, Macrolobium acaciifolium, Dimorphandra congestiflora, Solanum subinerme, Inga cf. meissneriana, Tabernaemontana tetrastachya, Triplaris weigeltiana, Psidium</i> sp., <i>Cecropia schreberiana (= Cecropia peltata), Astrocaryum vulgare, Ceiba pentandra, Jacaranda obtusifolia, Toulicia pulvinata, Martiodendron excelsum, Elizabetha coccinea, Croton cuneatus, Inga nobilis, Inga ingoides, Macrolobium bifolium, Pithecellobium corymbosum</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40880-{603C0DA7-4ECA-4924-9746-091E800C0AE4}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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